Essays about: "SOEP"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word SOEP.

  1. 1. Decomposition of wage gap between matched natives and refugees in Germany

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Qiuyu Yang; [2021]
    Keywords : wage gap; refugees; CEM; labour market integration;

    Abstract : Prolonged and new regional violent conflicts have resulted in the displacement of residents in several countries. The thesis focuses on the people who arrived and applied for asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sexual Orientation, Motherhood and Pay - The case of the gender pay gap for homo-/bisexual women

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kotten Forsberg Fjellander; [2020]
    Keywords : Labor economics; gender pay gap; motherhood penalty; same-sex couples; Mincer equation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to widen the understanding of the gender pay gap by introducing the factor of sexuality. Same-sex couples have legal rights that are relatively new; how does our understanding of labor division and pay change when more data on queer people emerge? This is achieved by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from the year 2017 and making multiple regressions, which are based in the Mincer equation. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Importance of Risk Attitudes on Job Changing Behaviour: Evidence from the Young

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Michael Möller; [2020]
    Keywords : risk aversion; GSOEP; labour mobility; wage growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Voluntary job changes are a means to increase labour income or escape bad employer-employee matches, increasing utility eventually. Changing the employer is a decision under uncertainty and has potential long-term consequences for the worker's labour market position, especially when the decision is made during the early career. READ MORE

  5. 4. The spill-over effects of Germany’s first federal minimum wage

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Eric Nordqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : minimum wage; spill-over effects; hourly wage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates whether individuals who earn marginally above a minimum wage are experiencing spill-over effects as a result of its implementation, adjustment and existence. It focuses on Germany’s federal statutory minimum wage regime that was introduces in 2015 and later adjusted in 2017, through the experiences of individuals who earned 100% to 110% of the new wage floor in 2014. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Effect Of An Unexpected Wealth Shock On Willingness To Takes Risks

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Erik Haglund Johansson; Tim Strassburger; [2017-07-28]
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    Abstract : In this thesis we investigate how an exogenous wealth shock in the form of an unexpected inheritance or gift affects individuals' self-reported willingness to take risks. We apply a quasi fixed effects ordered probit model using the large panel data set from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP), which enables us to control for observed and unobserved individual characteristics. READ MORE